Video: Living In Iowa
Meet the people and places which make Iowa unique.
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Jan Fleming - Grotesques and Gargoyles (#1123)
Historic preservationist, Jan Fleming, is engrossed in grotesques which are faces carved in stone on buildings scattered around Des Moines. This story originally aired on Iowa Public Television in April ... 07:19
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Nursing Shortage in Iowa - 2003 (#1324)
Looking back is one way to look ahead. This is a video about the pending nursing shortage in Iowa from 2003. 08:00
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Roy Burgess and Alexei Sokolenko - Russian Art Exchange Visit (#108)
Jefferson, Iowa artist Roy Burgess hosts the visit of Stavropol artist, Alexei Sokolenko in this 1989 video story. It originally aired in April of 1990 on Iowa Public Television. 20:00
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Iowa's Nursing Shortage - Story from 2003 (#1324)
With the lowest salaries for nurses, and the highest concentration of elderly in the U.S., Iowa faces a shortage of trained nurses. This story was produced and aired in May of 2003. 10:09
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PrairieWoods Spring Video (#1324)
PrairieWoods retreat center in Hiawatha, Iowa, is the location for this music video showing spring flowers and a woodland path. 01:28
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Bob Cook and Gary Audsley - Heartland Lullaby (#1313)
Bob Cook's distinctive bass voice and Gary Audsley's distinctive bass guitar combine to form a unique blend of folk music by the long-time Des Moines musicians. First aired in 2003. 01:39
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Bob Cook and Gary Audsley - Mary Ellen Carter (#1324)
Bob Cook's distinctive bass voice and Gary Audsley's distinctive bass guitar combine to form a unique blend of folk music by the long-time Des Moines musicians. Bob's lyrics and wit are a fixture on ... 03:02
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Peggy Whitson - Astronaut Describes 2002 Space Station Journey (#1324)
Astronaut Peggy Whitson describes her 'dream vacation' - 6 months on the Space Station in 2002. 17:12
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Dancing Dog - Linda Farr's Tango Partner (#1122)
You've never seen a dog tango - until you've seen this video. 07:16
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Dewey Readmore Books - Remembrance (#824)
Two Iowa cats are profiled in this classic video from 1998. Dewey Readmore Books, now the subject of a best-selling book, is one of the cats featured. 03:15
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Dewey Readmore Books - Original Version (#824)
Two Iowa cats are profiled in this classic video from 1998. Dewey Readmore Books, now the subject of a best-selling book, is one of the cats featured. 06:30
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One Room Schools - Teaching (#1124)
Full Program: This story originally ran 09/21/2001. 07:06
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One Room Schools - Remembering (#118)
This story originally ran 05/17/1991. 08:30
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Jessie Field Shambaugh - 4H Beginnings (#1216)
Jessie Field Shambaugh was an inspiration to the children she taught, and an innovator who wanted learning to expand outside of the classroom. Some people claim she was the 'mother' of 4H, and her early ... 06:55
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Dayton Duncan on Documentaries, National Parks, and the Civil War (#1617)
In 2006, Dayton Duncan, historian, documentarian, and politico, visited the Iowa Public Television studios. In this clip, he speaks with Morgan Halgren about his love of history, Lewis & Clark, and National ... 09:18
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Rev. Steve Sabin - Gay Lutheran Minister in Iowa (#1122)
Iowa Public Television tells of Rev. Steve Sabin, a Lutheran minister who came out publicly in 1998. In the Lutheran denomination, ministers can be gay, but cannot have a partner. This story looks at ... 07:35
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Nancy Andreasen - National Medal of Science - Brain Researcher (#1212)
Iowa Public Television visited with the University of Iowa professor in January of 2002 to discuss her work with schizophrenia which earned her the National Medal of Science in 2000, one of only a dozen ... 07:33
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William T. Hornaday - Saver of Buffalo, National Zoo Founder (#427)
This 1994 video tells the story of William Temple Hornaday, an American credited with saving the buffalo from extinction. In the late 1800s, Iowa taxidermist William Temple Hornaday used what he learned ... 07:00
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John F. Lacey - Father of Conservation, Saver of Buffalo (#1018)
An introduction to Major John Fletcher Lacey, who in his time, was known far and wide as “the father of the American conservation movement.” 09:10
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1921 Boy Scouts' Adventure to Yellowstone (#214)
In 1921, boy scouts from Clinton, Iowa had a big adventure - a road trip in Model T's to Yellowstone National Park. They were heralded as heros, winding through mountains on dirt roads, splashing through ... 09:42
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